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message 251: by Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!} (last edited Apr 25, 2016 08:38PM) (new)

Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!} (raven_tiger) | 41 comments Start Date: May 1, 2015
Finish Date: April 25, 2016

Months Finished: 12/12
Books Read: 74


✔Month 1: A nickname you go by - or want to go by!
Spell-It-Out.

R R.L. Stine Lights Out
A Secret Society Girl The MC's name is Amy.
B Brian Lumley E Branch
B The Black Swan
I Incredible Mug Cakes
T The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out

6/6

✔Month 2: Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your vocation.

Writer (Dream job)/Psychologist (Dream job)

1. Blue Monday
2. Freud's Mistress
3. Shutter Island
4. The Asylum

4/4

✔Month 3: Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color. (Red)

1. The Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook: From Direwolf Ale to Auroch Stew - More Than 150 Recipes from Westeros and Beyond
2. The Amityville Horror
3. Amped
4. The Godfather

The Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook From Direwolf Ale to Auroch Stew - More Than 150 Recipes from Westeros and Beyond by Alan Kistler The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson Amped by Daniel H. Wilson The Godfather by Mario Puzo

4/4

✔Month 4: Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one.

This is not my fave series, but it's a series I've been meaning to finish.

1. Life As We Knew It
2. The Dead and the Gone
3. This World We Live In
4. The Shade of the Moon

4/4

✔Month 5: Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation. If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it. Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.

My dream car. Old school please.

M Stephenie Meyer Eclipse
U Unnatural Exposure
S Strange Angels
T The Collector
A V.C. Andrews Web of Dreams
N Josip Novakovich Fiction Writer's Workshop
G Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

7/7

✔Month 6: Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.

F Lillian Faderman Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
I Sandra Ingerman How to Heal Toxic Thoughts: Simple Tools for Personal Transformation
R Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea
S Sharp Teeth
T Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Feminine Aspects of Selves and Deities

5/5

✔Month 7: Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football, hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.

I'm going to go with my first love

D The Doll Collection: Seventeen Brand-New Tales of Dolls
A A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook
N Chase Novak Breed
C Kaaren Christopherson Decorum
E Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction

5/5

✔Month 8: Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.

E The Eve Genome
N Nora, Crescendo
G Gretel Ehrlich Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
L The Leopard
I Inside a Silver Box
S The Secret Garden
H Hush, Hush

7/7

✔Month 9: You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.

Earth Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

Air This is Not a Test

This is Not a Test (This is Not a Test #1) by Courtney Summers

Fire Hiroshima

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Water The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior by Michael Crichton

4/4

✔Month 10: Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.

T Teeth
I The Iliad
G George R.R. Martin A Game of Thrones
E Erin Morgenstern Night Circus
R Reclaiming Medusa: Contemporary Short Stories by Puerto Rican Women Writers

5/5

R Riding The Snake
O The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
S Sweet Savage Love
E Emma Donoghue The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories

4/4

T Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
O Out of Her Mind: Women Writing on Madness
P The Probable Future
A Anne of Avonlea
Z The Zig Zag Girl

5/5

✔Month 11: Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook, audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.

P The Portable Nietzsche
A Janine Armin Toronto Noir
P Sylvia Plath The Journals of Sylvia Plath
E Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
R Robert B. Parker's Kickback
B The Burying Ground: A Thaddeus Lewis Mystery
A Alex Kava Silent Creed
C Carolyn Jessop Triumph
K Maxine Hong Kingston The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

9/9

✔Month 12: Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .

Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)

A A Zombie's History of the United States: From the Massacre at Plymouth Rock to the CIA's Secret War on the Undead
R Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners: Simple Guide to Growing Beautiful Gardens!
I I, Ripper
E Eric H. Cline 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
S The Siege Winter

5/5


message 252: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Rabbit :)


message 253: by Karen ♐ (last edited Nov 04, 2016 01:47PM) (new)

Karen ♐ (kmk1214) | 1865 comments I'm in...
All About You - Part Deux...

1. A nickname you go by
(view spoiler)

2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation. (view spoiler)

3. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color
appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color.
(view spoiler)

4. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series
or the same one.
(view spoiler)

5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation.
(view spoiler)

6. Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.
(view spoiler)

7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Spell-It-Out.
(view spoiler)

8. Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Spell-It-Out option.
(view spoiler)

9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water”
in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book. Fire Inside (Chaos, #2) by Kristen Ashley -5/23/15 In the Dark (SEAL Team 12, #2) by Marliss Melton - 10/16/15 Against the Wind (The Raines of Wind Canyon, #1) by Kat Martin - 11/3/16 Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island, #2) by Nora Roberts

10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something
from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books
this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.

(view spoiler)

11. Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook,
audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.

(view spoiler)

12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” . Nickname
(view spoiler)


message 254: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Karen ☺


message 255: by Cait S (new)

Cait S | 2825 comments Done!

Post 243


message 256: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Congrats Cait :)


message 257: by Kim (last edited Jul 01, 2016 12:54PM) (new)

Kim Anderson (kimmatski) | 1223 comments Month 8: Best Subject in School
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message 258: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome Kim :)


message 259: by Marie (UK) (last edited Oct 27, 2015 03:10AM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 5922 comments October 2015
1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! You know...Bunny, Snookums, Babe.
Spell-It-Out.
✔MMosquitoland 22/10/2015
✔A The Alienist 16/10/2015
✔Z Zeitoun 19/10/2015
Z
✔A Around the World in Eighty Days 25/10/2015

2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job,
or even your avocation.

3. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color
appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color.

4. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series
or the same one.

5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation.
If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it.
Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.

6. Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.

7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football,
hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.

8. Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,
or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.

9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water”
in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.

10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something
from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books
this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.

11. Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook,
audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.

12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .



message 260: by Angie (new)

Angie | 185 comments All About You Part Deux
Start: March 2016


1 - March 2016 - Favourite Series
1 - Dark Wolf Returning - Rhyannon Byrd
2 - Blood Wolf Dawning - Rhyannon Byrd
3 - When Darkness Ends - Alexandra Ivy
4 - Siren's Call - Jayne Castle


message 261: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Welcome to the challenge Marie and Angie :)


message 263: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (daughterofoak) | 3473 comments Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!} wrote: "Finished."

Congrats Rabbit! :)


message 264: by Sunshine✰✰✰ (last edited Aug 18, 2017 08:11AM) (new)

Sunshine✰✰✰ | 313 comments All About You, Part Two!
Duration: 6/1/16 - 5/31/17
Books: 67/67


Month 1: Read a nickname you go by
S Blood Will Tell by Samantha Young 7/27/16
M Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier 7/9/16
O Sweet Magic Song by Olivia Hardin 6/7/16
O Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 10/13/16
S Stray by Rachel Vincent 6/9/16
H The Hunt by Susan Sizemore 6/13/16

Month 2: Read 4 books where the MC has your Current Job, Dream Job, or Avocation.
1 Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh 7/19/16 - Work-at-Home Accountant
2 The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames 9/20/16 - Cheese & Wine Shop Owner
3 Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames 1/14/17 - Cheese & Wine Shop Owner
4 Flip That Haunted House by Rose Pressey 12/9/16 - House Flipper

Month 3: Read 4 books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover - Red
1 Dirty Martini (Jack Daniels Mystery, #4) by J.A. Konrath by J.A. Konrath 6/15/16
2 Riding Red (Fairytale Shifter, #1) by Alexa Riley by Alexa Riley 11/10/16
3 Poison Study (Study, #1) by Maria V. Snyder by Maria V. Snyder 1/24/17
4 Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1) by Kim Harrison by Kim Harrison 3/21/17

Month 4: Read 4 books from your Favorite Series, Can be all different or the same series
1 Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath 8/3/16
2 Spectyr by Philippa Ballantine 8/11/16
3 Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost 8/23/16
4 Cherry Bomb by J.A. Konrath 9/14/16

Month 5: Read the Make of your dream car.
C Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare 9/12/16
H Smoke Rising by Craig Halloran 9/1/16
E Ever Shade by Alexia Purdy 1/18/17
R Frostbite by Richelle Mead 9/23/16
O On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle 11/21/16
K Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs 12/31/16
E Deadly Magic by Elisabeth Crabtree 2/6/17
E Moseh's Staff by A.W. Exley 12/15/16

Month 6: Read your Birth Order - I am the Second child for each of my parents, but Third in order of ages.
S Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 6/22/16
E Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost 2/20/17
C Crush by Stefan Petrucha 9/6/16
O Taking Chances by Ann Omasta 2/17/17
N Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley 11/16/16
D The Maze Runner by James Dashner 11/9/16
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T The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 1/31/17
H Darkhouse by Karina Halle 6/28/16
I Invisible by Lorena McCourtney 6/20/16
R Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! by Sara C. Roethle 6/30/16
D We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews 8/26/16

Month 7: Read your favorite sport
B Geist by Philippa Ballantine 7/18/16
A Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter 5/25/16
D Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland 8/29/16
M The First Patient by Michael Palmer 8/8/16
I The Peeling Omnibus by Iain Rob Wright 7/23/16
N Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler 4/16/17
T Zomblog by T.W. Brown 12/31/16
O The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver 4/19/17
N Natural Causes by Michael Palmer 5/20/17

Month 8: Read your Best Subject in School
M Back to School Murder by Leslie Meier 8/30/16
A A Demon Bound by Debra Dunbar 8/1/16
T Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler 6/3/16
H Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost 8/27/16

Month 9: Read 4 books, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
1 Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank 5/16/17 - Earth Elemental
2 Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead 7/12/17 - Controls Air
3 Onyx Dragon (Awakened Dragons, #1) by Terry Bolryder 8/12/17 - Fire Cover
4 Atlantis Riptide (Lost Daughters of Atlantis #1) by Allie Burton 3/10/17 - Water Cover


Month 10: Read 3 books from your Kingdom: Animal: Dog
D The Weight of Blood by David Dalglish 2/17/17
O Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin 4/6/17
G Genesis by Michaelbrent Collings 2/21/17

Month 11: Read your favorite media delivery system
K Panic by K.R. Griffiths 10/31/16
I Slasher: the Escape of Richard Heinz by Iain Rob Wright 7/19/16
N Paint it Black by Nancy A. Collins 8/21/16
D Secrets of the Demon by Diana Rowland 9/29/16
L Little Brats: Taboo A-Z Volume 1 by Selena Kitt 8/20/16
E Hatshepsut's Collar by A.W. Exley 9/26/16

Month 12: Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .
Read 4 books from your favorite genre - Horror
1 House of Blood by Bryan Smith 7/6/16
2 Blood Memory: Season One, Episode One by Perrin Briar 7/11/16
3 Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates 10/6/16
4 World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks 12/4/16


message 265: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Welcome to the challenge Sunshine :)


message 266: by Katherine (last edited Sep 22, 2016 08:12AM) (new)

Katherine | 298 comments ★✩★✩★✩★✩★ All About You, Part Two! ★✩★✩★✩★✩★
9th September 2016 - present. Read: 54/54

Month 1: A nickname you go by: Kath (view spoiler)
Kick-Ass n. 4 by Mark Millar Kick-Ass #7 by Mark Millar Harry The Happy Mouse by N.G.K. The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Wisehouse Classics - The Complete and Authoritative Edition) by Wilhelm Grimm

Month 2: Your dream job: Author (view spoiler)
Orangutan A Day in the Rainforest Canopy by Rita Goldner Back Pain How to Get Rid of It Forever (Volume 1 The Causes) by John Perrier Yoga The Yoga Beginner's Bible Top 30 Illustrated Poses for Weight Loss, Stress Relief and Inner Peace (yoga for beginners, yoga books, meditation, mindfulness, ... spirituality, self help, fitness books) by Tai Morello Success And Happiness 7 Habits To A Fulfilling Life (Happiness, Personal Transformation) by Sandra León Yoga for Beginners Your Guide to Master Yoga Poses while calming your mind, be stress free, and boost your self-esteem! by Alexander Yamashita Yoga Basic Knowledge Exercises, Stories, Meditation and Enlightenment. Yoga for Beginners, Inner Peace and Happiness. by Nils Horn

Month 3: Again, your favorite colour. Blue (view spoiler)
Yoga For Beginners Lose Inches Off Your Waist in 30 Days or Less With This Complete Yoga Guide! Yoga Poses to Enhance Your Abs! (Yoga, Yoga for beginners, Yoga Poses) by Emily MacLeod Greek Mythology Doublepack - Greek Mythology & Greek Gods (Greek Mythology, Greek Gods) by Patrick Auerbach One Piece, Bd.1, Das Abenteuer Beginnt (One Piece, #1) by Eiichiro Oda One Piece, Bd.2, Ruffy versus Buggy, der Clown (One Piece, #2) by Eiichiro Oda

Month 4: Read four books from your favorite series. (view spoiler)
Kick-Ass #5 by Mark Millar Kick-Ass #6 by Mark Millar Kick-Ass #8 by Mark Millar One Piece, Volume 03 Don't Get Fooled Again (One Piece, #3) by Eiichiro Oda

Month 5: Your favorite form of transportation: Car (view spoiler)
Ancient Egypt A Guide to the Gods, Pharaohs, Dynasties, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt by Patrick Auerbach Simply Irresistible (Lucky Harbor, #1) by Jill Shalvis Bound by Blood (Bound, #1) by Cynthia Eden

Month 6: Birth Order: First born! (view spoiler)
Yoga in Bed for All Ages by Lisa Shea Yoga for Gymnasts but not only for gymnasts by Jill Fox Mail Order Brides Shades of Romance Collection (Shades of Romance #1,3,5) by Jill Maguire The Hedge Knight The Graphic Novel (The Hedge Knight Graphic Novels, #1) by George R.R. Martin The Sworn Sword The Graphic Novel by Ben Avery

Month 7: What is your favorite sport: Football (view spoiler)
More Than Friends / Drunk in Love (More Than Friends, #1-2) by Aria Grace Fat Chance by Nick Spalding The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Dying for a Date (Laurel McKay Mysteries, #1) by Cindy Sample All for You (Laurel Heights, #8.5) by Kate Perry The Orc's Tale (Tales of the Frostborn, #1) by Jonathan Moeller Poseidon's Peak (Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Sparrow, #11) by Rob Kidd Yowamushi Pedal, Go! Vol. 1 by Wataru Watanabe

Month 8: Your best subject in school: Art (view spoiler)
Travelling light by Vickie Johnstone Vikings The Most Badass Vikings in History by Patrick Auerbach Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

Month 9: You against the elements. (view spoiler)
Kick-Ass 2 #1 by Mark Millar The Withering Palace by Alexia Purdy That Healing Touch (Cutter's Creek, #1) by Kit Morgan The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never, #1) by J.A. Redmerski

Month 10: Your Kingdom: Dog (view spoiler)
Pilates for Beginners by Sophie Godard The Succubus in a Red Dress (The Succubus in a Red Dress, #1) by Daniel David Garcia Sundered (The Nevermore Trilogy, #1) by Shannon Mayer

Month 11: Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle (view spoiler)
nekomaki1 by ms-work Yoga For Weight Loss For Beginners A Step-By-Step Picture Guide To 90 Slimming Yoga Poses by Nika Karan Immune (Rylee Adamson, #2) by Shannon Mayer Lumberjanes #17 by Shannon Watters iZombie, Vol. 3 Six Feet Under and Rising (iZombie #3) by Chris Roberson Lumberjanes #18 by Shannon Watters

Month 12: Repeat your favorite challenge month. Your favorite colour: Blue (view spoiler)
Unlovable (The Case Files of Dr. Matilda Schmidt, Paranormal Psychologist, #1) by Cynthia St. Aubin Lumberjanes #19 (Lumberjanes #19 19) by Shannon Watters Kick-Ass 2 #2 by Mark Millar Kick-Ass 2 #3 by Mark Millar


message 267: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Welcome to the challenge Katherine :)


message 268: by Katie (last edited Jun 28, 2017 08:02PM) (new)

Katie | 1634 comments NBRC: All About You 2


Month 1 - Nickname
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Month 2 - Dream Job
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Month 3 - Favorite Color: Green
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Month 4 - Favorite Series
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Month 5 - Dream Car...I'm a mom of 2...
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Month 6 - Birth Order
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Month 7 - Favorite Sport
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Month 8 - Best Subject
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Month 9 - Elements
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Month 10 - Your Kingdom
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Month 11 - Favorite Media
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Month 12 - Favorite Month from Part 1
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message 269: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Welcome Katie ☺


message 270: by Rokkan (last edited Jan 29, 2017 11:29AM) (new)

Rokkan (rokk) | 191 comments Well I'm nearly done with part one so I figured I'd make a start on part two. Presumably a part five will be showing up soon? IDEK. I'll be doing it in my own time rather than month by month because... well, that's easier for me with other challenges I have going on. As ever, books in italics are potential reads, linked books are already read and italic links are currently being read.

start date: 24/12/2016
end date ???

1. A nickname you go by
R - The Red Pyramid
O - Openly Straight
K - Koko the Mighty
K - The Kitchen God's Wife - 7/1/2017

2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation.
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
2. 'Salem's Lot
3. The World According to Garp
4. The Help

3. Your favorite color (four books with purple on the cover)
1. Girl Hearts Girl - 21/1/2017
2. Conjuror
3. The Faerie Guardian
4. Magic Bitter Magic Sweet

4. Read four books from your favorite series
1. Iron Winter - 22/1/2017
2. Foul Tide's Turning
3. The Getaway God
4. The Hanging Tree

5. Make of your dream car
A - All the Light We Cannot See - 17/1/2017
S - Six of Crows - 9/1/2017
T - Typhoon
O - The Oddfits
N - Neverwhere

M - The Martian - read 18/1/2017
A - The Accidental Apprentice
R - The Revenant
T - The Thief's Daughter
I - If I Was Your Girl
N - NOS4R2 - 6/1/2017

6. Birth Order
S - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 28/1/2017
E - The Eye of the World
C - Cloudstreet - 29/1/2017
O - Owl Song At Dawn
N - No Hero - 11/1/2017
D - Doughnut

7. Your favorite sport
H - Highly Illogical Behaviour
O -Outcast
C - Carte Blanche
K - The King's Traitor
E - The Enigmatologist
Y - The Year of the Runaways

8. Your best subject in school
G - The Girl Who Played With Fire - 14/1/2017
E - Eleven
R - Redshirts
M - Make Me
A - American Gods
N - The Novice

9. You against the elements
Earth - Hollow Earth
Fire - Fire Catcher
Water - The Weight of Water
Air - The Court of the Air

10. Your Kingdom: animal
N - The News from Paraguay
A - Alice in Zombieland
R - Rebel of the Sands
W - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 30/12/2016
H - Harrison Squared
A - Americanah
L - Lies We Tell Ourselves - 17/1/2017

11.Read your favorite media delivery system
K - Keeper of the Books
I - I am the Messenger
N - Nexus - 8/1/2017
D - The Dogtown Tourist Agency - 28/12/16
L - Life After Life
E - An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful

12.Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before but have been meaning to
1. Inkheart
2. Half of a Yellow Sun
3. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
4. The Three-Body Problem


message 271: by Sarah (last edited May 07, 2017 05:32PM) (new)

Sarah (outtaty) | 42 comments I'm starting this in January. It's only a week away.

Completed 5/12 Months

1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! 4/4
L Leigh Bardugo Six of Crows 1/17/17 ****
O Once Upon a Prince 1/10/17 **
V The Virtuoso 1/14/17 **.5
E Elle Katharine White Heartstone 1/21/17 ****

2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation. Nurse, Tea Shop, or Dancer. 3/4
Pekoe Most Poison 3/25/17 ****
Quickstep to Murder 4/29/17 ****
Dead Man Waltzing 5/6/17 ***
The Homicide Hustle: A Ballroom Dance Mystery

3. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color. Black 1/4
Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1) by Renee Ahdieh 5/6/17 ****




4. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one. 4/4
The Long Game 1/7/17 ****
Take the Key and Lock Her Up 1/8/17 ****
Always on My Mind 1/9/17 ****
The Beauty of Darkness 1/5/17 *****

5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation. (just chose first sexy make I could think of) 0/6
J
A
G
U
A
R

6. Birth Order. 0/4
O
N
L
Y

7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? 10/10
D Diane Kelly Paw and Order 3/16/17 ***
A The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2/1/17 *****
N Never Evers 2/12/17 ****
C Carolyn Brown Wicked Cowboy Charm 2/7/17 **.5
E Eloisa James Seven Minutes in Heaven 3/22/17 ****
S Susan Gloss Vintage 1/21/17 ****
P Park, Jessica Flat-Out Love 3/9/17 ****
O O'Neill, Louise Asking For It 3/25/17 ****
R Rachel Hoffman Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess 3/12/17 ****
T Tom Crosshill The Cat King of Havana 2/20/17 ***

8. Your best subject in school. 0/7
E
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G
L
I
S
H

9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book. 4/4
Earth My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella 3/8/17 ****
Wind A Court of Mist and Fury 2/9/17 *****
Fire Burn Baby Burn 4/1/17 *****
Water Like a River Glorious 4/3/17 ****

10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something from within that kingdom. 3/5
Anamalia
O
K Katherine Garbera Pushing the Limits 4/27/17 ***
A
P Panda-monium 4/29/17 ****
I Isabel Bandeira Bookishly Ever After 4/29/17 ***

11. Read your favorite media delivery system. 0/5
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P
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12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” . Read new to me authors. 1/4
Amy Bearce Fairy Keeper 4/30/17


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